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                                                                     ENROLLED ORIGINAL

                                       A RESOLUTION

                                            23-449

                   IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                                          July 7, 2020

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Modification Nos.

       8 and 9 to Contract No. CW59303 with MVS, Inc. to provide information technology

       equipment and software, and to authorize payment for the goods and services received

       and to be received under that contract.

        RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this

resolution may be cited as the Modifications to Contract No. CW59303 with MVS, Inc.

Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2020.

        Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Modification Nos. 8 and 9 to

Contract No. CW59303 with MVS, Inc. to provide information technology equipment and

software to the District and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be

received under Modification Nos. 8 and 9 of the contract.

        (b) On March 26, 2020, by Modification No. 8, the Office of Contracting and

Procurement exercised Option Year 2 of Contract No. CW59303 with MVS, Inc. for the period

from March 29, 2020, through March 28, 2021 in the not-to-exceed mount of $950,000.

        (c) Modification No. 9 is now necessary to increase the value of Option Year 2 of

Contract No. CW59303 with MVS, Inc., by $ 9.05 million, which will increase the total not-to-

exceed amount for the period from March 29, 2020, through March 28, 2021 to $10 million.

        (d) Council approval is required by section 451(b) of the District of Columbia Home Rule

Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code  1-204.51(b)), and section

202 of the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-

371; D.C. Official Code  2-352.02), as these modifications increase the contract to one of more

than $1 million during a 12-month period.

        (e) Approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services. Without this

approval, MVS, Inc. cannot be paid for goods and services provided in excess of $ 1 million for

the period March 29, 2020, through March 28, 2021.

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       Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances

enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the

Modifications to Contract No. CW59303 with MVS, Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization

Emergency Act of 2020 be adopted after a single reading.

      Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.

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